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“What are you doing, Sir Thomas?” I ask him as I watch him bend in all shapes. Squinting through his half-pressed eyes he tries to bring me into focus…”Try this,” he tells me, “It beats any yoga poses you plan on doing.” He knows I practice Body Flow to teach at a gym. He puts up with my continuous practice all the time. I suddenly become aware of his thoughts…he is now telling me, “Can you just let go and bend your body like me…and breath – in through your nose and out through your nose.” I now know what he is telling me – “JUST RELAX!”

“Okay now, why don’t you sit and relax and let go. And let go of my darn leash, I’m not going to go ANYWHERE! Trust me,” Sir Thomas is winking at me and whispering into my ears. (I heard him and did as he asked). We were both enjoying this beautiful wintry grass – more him than me, for sure. The dry pointy grass needles were doing a job in my behind – sticking me real good 🙂

A very special door, for sure! My son opened this washing machine door at a laundromat near his music school. A first for me! But not for my son. (Proud Dad showing his big smile).

Almost three weeks had gone by without seeing my son in and out of the house. This felt odd and we, his parents, missed him. He, in the meantime, was getting comfortable in his six-week program at a music school four hours away from home. We decided to go see him. Yay!!

When I saw his room…shared with four other boys…all in their mid teens, I took a deep breath, and said to myself, “It looks really good in here.” Nothing was quite in its right place, but in that mess, everything was in its right place for these boys.

My son, in the meantime, had learned to take care of himself. Since we were there, he asked us if we could drive him to the nearby laundromat that the students had been using. He had his quarters and his detergent. My son seemed taller, older and so very mature. I felt like I missed years in his life! My eyes teared up.

After a quick tour of this place, we headed down to take care of his laundry. We would eat lunch once the clothes were in the washer. Then come back and put clothes in the dryer. And, then go have some ice cream before picking up dried clothes. At the washing machine, I was about to open his laundry bag and I heard, “I got this, Mama,” next thing – I’m watching this big boy put his clothes in the washer. Another teary eye moment. I was so impressed by my son; hence the picture. This was the first time I saw him dealing with his dirty laundry!

“I will have a good day, today! Today, if something bad happens; I want to be able to process the bad in my mind; and I certainly want to find the good in it to move my life forward!”…This is my tip to me. My mornings begin with this short phrase. A short phrase, which, for sure, has an enormous impact on my day. I’ve been doing this for a few years now. This short phrase has now developed into a healthy habit in my life.

A bad thing happened here. All parties involved, thankfully, were fine. My daughter was shaken up. She was one of the parties involved. The accident happened four months ago. She still thinks about it and has become a more conscious driver. The bad in this has been processed. And, the good in this is that we are able to move forward in our lives. Lesson learned.

Sir Thomas TOOK ME FOR A WALK TODAY 🙂 . After two days of bad weather, he said he had enough! With the Sun shining today, he was in some mood…he kept going and going…and going, for a good 3-miles. In this photo, Sir Thomas taking a short break from walking to sniff nature 🙂 .

I’m a grown-up but will always be a kid at heart. My optimism, always colorful!

Things around me are blurry often times, and I understand that’s because the world has infinite offerings. They all overlap and become out of focus in my mind. But, one of the infinite offerings is always clear in my head. I completely embrace it. And, it’s being optimistic. Simply put, I live it! It motivates me. I am, after all, the Unstoppable Optimistic blogger.

I love this smoothie! It’s light and has so much good nutrients. I love to make it for myself and my husband. Kids totally freak out with the green color. They don’t know this, but I do add a little bit of green stuff in their smoothie, just enough so it does not turn green on them :). Crazy mom!

I add strawberry, banana and water into the smoothie tumbler. We recently bought the Ninja (blender/smoothie-maker/food-processor). I’m loving the fierce speed of this machine – 1500 watts, and the box says, “Total Crushing Technology.” 🙂

I add the GREENS!

I use my fingers to push the greens below that -MAX FILL- mark on the tumbler. The blade-lid unit does not screw in otherwise.

I close the top with the blade-lid. This top will be the bottom on the Ninja machine.

And, here it goes…the “Total Crushing Technology” at work!

I take two deep breaths and voila! The smoothie is ready for my husband. He drinks it right out of the tumbler. I love this part too; no extra cups or drinking glass to be washed. I’m all set to make mine, now. 🙂 I love this drink!

Direction:

(1 – serving; Prep time: less than 5-minutes; total time: less than 5-minutes)